Sweden's Viking Age population appears to have suffered from severe oral and maxillofacial disease, sinus and ear infections, osteoarthritis, and much more. This is shown in a study in which Viking ...

Viking life wasn’t just tough, it was often chronically painful. For proof, all you need to do is examine their skulls.

Archaeological Dig Unearths Six Millenniums of History Encompassing Several Cultures From a Quarry Pit In 2024, researchers ...

The tomb of Thutmose II, a pharaoh who ruled about 3,500 years ago, has been discovered west of the Valley of the Kings.

The Viking Age saw the pillaging of the British Isles, France, and the Mediterranean until inequality, Christianity, and sex ended the era.

D NA’s power to illuminate humanity’s past never ceases to amaze. Collected from those now alive, it shows how their ...

At a shocking 20 centimeters (8 inches) long and 5 centimeters (2 inches) wide, this coprolite is the largest intact piece of ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place ...

Thule is less known than other places in classical mythology like Atlantis. But Thule actually existed. The prickly question is, where was it?

The evidence turns previous assertions that the Italian Christopher Columbus was the first foreigner to step foot in the New World.